Recent Approaches to Distance Learning

• Client-server desktop learning systems

  • correctly recognize that mix of technologies is necessary to effectively support distance learning
  • support interactivity
    • synchronous communication tools
    • dynamic floor control
  • support access to rich multimedia resources
  • enable verification and assessment
    • interactive quizzes
  • support multiple authoring systems
  • But: platform-specific, require installation and maintenance, not customer-extensible, expensive

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